> Bob
> Correct, in order to do any import, thte tape MUST be known
> by NetBackup, however if its expired,
That betrays your mindset (not beating up on you, just pointing out that
you're thinking in terms of your "current system and 3-year-old tape"
scenario; I'm encouraging you to think bigger-
Bob
I have a scratch pool defined. Any tapes NetBackup does not know about goes
into this pool.
But in the larger world, there is no harm creating a volume pool called
IMPORT_ASTRIUM, moving the tapes into this pool and starting the import
process.
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
> Out of interest, do you know if this holds true for multiplexed tapes,
> i.e. can be read using tar?
Not without preprocessing, AFAIK. The placement of the multiplex
headers is described in the SAG, but not the layout. I figured out part
of it a few years ago while working a different issue an
Bob
Correct, in order to do any import, thte tape MUST be known by NetBackup,
however if its expired, my guess is, the tape ends up in SCRATCH, as it
treats it as a NEW tape, even though we need to use it for import.
I recall something along the lines of creating a pool called NBCC or
something l
> Thanks. I am extremely serious about DR, but wanted to
> clarify if the phase 1 import process was going to look
> for the volume pool the tape originally came from.
You're welcome. Think about it logically--your data center doesn't
exist any more, and perhaps that includes you. Somebody you
Hi Bob
Thanks. I am extremely serious about DR, but wanted to clarify if the phase
1 import process was going to look for the volume pool the tape originally
came from.
If phase 1 works ok, and phase 2 completes, where does the tape get stored
and in which volume?
That is what I wanted to clarif
Simon'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)
... it is important to grasp the concept that a NetBackup data tape is
self-contained--it needs _nothing_ other than a read drive and tar...
**
This electronic
> I just had an afterthought!! Lets ASSUME I remove the policies and
> volume pools?
>
> What if I have to do an IMPORT of 3 year old tapes??
>
> What happens?
You just import them, phase 1 (build metadata file) and 2 (build files
file); the import depends on nothing. I'm piggybacking on Carlos
